Subphylum Vertebrata | ||
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Similar Common European, Vipera, Vipers, Snake, Reptile | ||
Geographic range
It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur), China (Jilin), North Korea, and on Sakhalin Island.
According to Schwarz (1936), the type locality is "Sachalin" (= Sakhalin Island, Russia).
Taxonomy
McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize V. b. sachalinensis as a subspecies of V. berus. However, it has been considered a full species in recent literature.
References
Vipera berus sachalinensis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA